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Nutrush

Scleria ciliaris

Nutrush
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Caroline Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Scleria ciliaris, the nutrush, is a tropical perennial plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is often found in moist sites in Australia, Malesia, Indo-China and Oceania.

Other Scleria plants

Scleria afroreflexa · Scleria amazonica · Nutrush · Bracted nutrush · Fringed nutrush · Scleria dregeana · Scleria foliosa · Scleria greigiifolia · Scleria iostephana · Tufted Scleria Sedge · Scleria mikawana · Littlehead nutrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scleria ciliaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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